Civic League to Hold Large Bridge for Milk Fund
The Civic League plans a large bridge party and card event to raise funds for a milk fund aiding hungry schoolchildren. Arrangements are led by 7 dee Chu with hostesses Mrs. Russell Cather Mrs. Harry Russell and others. prizes and refreshments organized by local residents.
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Civic League
Dee Chu
T. Russell Cather
Harry K Russell
Sara Shirkey
Frances
Bryan Conrad Will Beth
Harry Schmidt
Fred Glaize
Stewart Bell
Walter Bosserman
Harry Russell
Milk Fund
Winchester
Epworth League Meeting Postponed on Illness
Epworth League of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church postpones its business meeting to January 23 due to the president's illness. Lester Hook to lead the Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society meeting at First Christian Church at 6 45 PM Sunday with the topic The Best Kind of Courage.
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Epworth League
Epworth League of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Hook
Christian Endeavorers
Lester Hook
Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society
First Christian Church
German admits single slaying investigated by police
Report claims a St. Louis gunman confessed to killing a Tribune reporter last June 9. State officials deny formal charges, while lawyers prepare possible habeas corpus action for Brothers. Prosecutor says no indictment yet, grand jury could convene anytime.
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Board of Stategy
St. Louis
Tribune
Patrick Roche
John A. Swanson
Surplus Wheat Fed to Hungry Sought by House Plan
Chairman Fish of the special House communist investigating committee urged using American farm machinery in Russia to boost Russian wheat output and flood the world market. He asked passage of a resolution for the Red Cross to distribute Farm Board wheat to the hungry to cut U S surplus and stabilize prices.
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Washington
Fish
Special House
House
Russia
Red Cross
Farm Board
United States
Women Endure Rain For Near 100 Hours In Flight Record
Two young aviators Bobbie Trout and Edna May Cooper flew the Lady Ralph through heavy rain and low clouds near Los Angeles as they neared the 100 hour endurance refueling flight. After escaping a storm by flying over the Imperial Valley they faced renewed bad weather with a 1000 foot ceiling. At mid day the plane logged 94 hours with the 100 hour target looming.
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Los Angeles
Ralph
Inmerial Valley
Bobbie Trout
Edna May Cooper
San Gorgonio Pass
Man On Trial For Murder Acquitted in Madison County
A Madison county jury acquitted Rufus Dodson of Baltimore of the murder of W. H. Strother, a middle aged storekeeper. The alibi held Dodson in Baltimore at the time of Strother’s death on August 26 1930, with Strother’s body found 36 hours after the shooting and the wallet missing.
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Madison
Madison County
Rufus Dodson
Baltimore
W. H. Strother
Dodson
Strother
Plan to Wipe Out Entire Family Sensed by Police
New York police found Mrs. Rose Drucker dead in a gas filled Bronx apartment. Her husband Harry Drucker and their five year old twin children were found unconscious. the father was later arrested on homicide charges after reviving the others. Police allege he strangled his wife then released gas to kill himself and the children. Relatives said Drucker had been unemployed for weeks.
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Associated Press
New York
Rose S. Drucker
Harry
Drucker
Shryock Divorce Grants Custody of Child Jean Elizabeth
A decree in the Corporation Court grants Mrs. Evelyn Worsley Shryock an absolute divorce from Wilmer F. Shryock and gives her custody of their child Jean Elizabeth. The 1921 Baltimore marriage is cited and property rights are preserved.
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Corporation Court
Evelyn Worsley Shryock
Wilmer F. Shryock
Jean Elizabeth
Baltimore
Rotary Club Luncheon Honors Friendships and Fellowship
The Rotary Club held its regular luncheon with speeches by J. E. Cooper H. B nes and son emphasizing friendship as a Rotary asset. 80 percent of members attended as Rev. E. A. Lambert joined the club. Nor folk district convention plans set for May 6-8 with Clarke Cooper named bowling team captain.
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Rotary Club
W. R. Legge
Imere
J. E. Cooper
H. B
Rotary
L. D. Arnold
England
Rotary Club of
Winchester
Eng
E. A. Lambert
J. W. Arthur
Norfolk
Clarke Cooper
Civic Clubs
Bride of Five Hours Seeks Annulment in New York
Eleanor Souther, 19, testified in White Plains that she wed Gordon Souther, 43, in Washington DC a few hours after meeting him. The marriage, performed in Maryland, was on June 23 and she traveled to New York for the annulment request. He said the union was a dare and he did not intend to cohabit. the judge will hear his account before ruling.
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Associated Press
White Plains
N. Y
Eleanor Souther
Supreme Court
Gordon Souther
Home of Friends
Washington, D C
Ellicott City
Strother
Lusk
Rails Are Again Used To Bolster Stock Market
In New York on January 9 rails were used to prop up a rising stock market. Early losses in chemicals and steel profits weighed on the list but efforts to back the motors stabilized prices. By midday carrier issues rebounded and market buoyancy returned with car money trading around 112 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Pressure on Liberia to abolish slavery
Washington January 9 vigorous diplomatic pressure from the State department is being brought to bear on Liberia to insist that the negro republic abolish slavery.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
State Department
Liberia
Negro Republic
Escaping Gas Threatens Entire Baltimore Block
In Baltimore on January 9 eight people in a row of houses were overcome and 18 more fell ill from escaping illuminating gas in the northeastern section. Three ambulances and nearby residents aided until the leak from an underground main was found and the gas shut off for repairs.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
James G. Trayser
Meyer To Rival U S Steel Corp Being Considered
Cleveland report says a proposed merger to rival United States Steel Corp is being considered by prominent steel men and financiers. The talks include Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube Jones and Laughlin Corrigan McKinney and Otis Steel.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Cleveland News Today
United States Steel Corporation
Fethlehem Steel Corporation
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Jones and Laughlin
Corrigan-McKinney
Otis Steelie
Stricter Selection and Clear Thinking Urged by UVA President
Special to The Star from Virginia. President Edwin A. Alderman calls for stricter selection of student material, clearer college life orientation, and constant emphasis on clear thinking as the three reforms that will revolutionize education. He reflects on 27 years at Virginia, Jeffersonian ideals, and expansion since 1904, urging better selection, humane student culture, and fostering independent thought.
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Alderman
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
Dr. Aldermen
Cabell Hall
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
American State University
America
Up the River inspires continuous rounds of hearty laughs
A Capitol Theatre showing of Up the River delivers rib tickling dialogue and uproarious situations. Spencer Tracy and Warren Hymer star as self appointed Cupids with Claire Luce and Humphrey Bogart as lovers, supported by William Collier Jr and Joan Lawes in a lively jail caper with laughs.
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Capitol Theatre
Talking Pictures
Spencer Tracy
Warren Hymer
Claire Luce
Humphrey Bogart
William Collier, Jr
Joan
Cherie’) Lawes
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
Quote on ambition from Amelita Gallicurci
A contemporary singer is quoted saying the artist of today aims to achieve everything with minimal effort, reflecting a modern attitude toward work and success. The remark references Amelita Gallicurci as the source of the view.
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Amelita Galli-Curci
Chicago Grain Closing Prices
Grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade edged lower overall with March and May wheat rising slightly from yesterday. Corn dipped about one cent while rye and oats held steady. Wheat March 84 4, May 85, July 86 3 4. May 79 1 2. Rye May 42, July 43.
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Chicago Board of Trade
New Generation Needed In U S Says President
President Hoover tells Cosmopolitan a new generation of Americans must be born and trained to meet future science driven life. He calls for state and local conferences and child health programs to curb crime by ensuring healthy, educated children and adequate playgrounds. House leaders.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Hoover
Cosmopolitan
America
Arkansas Drought Disturbance Sparks Panick Claims
The article describes an Arkansas food disturbance staged to create nationwide confusion, with officials repudiating the incident as not radical. Representative Parks defends that participants were not radicals but starving people citing telegrams from Governor Parnell and other Arkansas figures urging relief.
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Arkansas
Representative Parks
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